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Life After Cigarettes (weight management after smoking cessation)
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GOODBYE BOOKS, HELLO SUBSTACK
Yes, I have given up book-writing in favor of Substack. I'm betting that platforms like Substack represent the future of publishing as the Age of Gutenberg draws slowly but inexorably to a close, and that my work will be around for a while longer.
There's also a more personal issue: time. At the age of 83, I no longer feel it stretches endlessly before me. I feel driven to move forward with my writing projects without getting bogged down in either the measured pace of traditional publishing or the mechanics of indie publishing. I've done both--and would rather spend my time writing.
I reached this decision when I realized my 2021 pandemic project, a father-daughter memoir entitled To the Moon and Back: Essays on the Life and Times of Project Diana, was due for a 2nd edition. I initially thought of Substack as a way to showcase my updates and new essays. My second concept (the big leap) was that my Substack was the second edition. Last came the realization that "publication" did not have to be seen as an endpoint but rather as a process of continuous improvement.
I have two Substacks now with enough source material to keep them going indefinitely. Both consist of several "sections." Both feature the mixed-genre longform essays that characterize my work, blending the personal with the historical.
There's also a more personal issue: time. At the age of 83, I no longer feel it stretches endlessly before me. I feel driven to move forward with my writing projects without getting bogged down in either the measured pace of traditional publishing or the mechanics of indie publishing. I've done both--and would rather spend my time writing.
I reached this decision when I realized my 2021 pandemic project, a father-daughter memoir entitled To the Moon and Back: Essays on the Life and Times of Project Diana, was due for a 2nd edition. I initially thought of Substack as a way to showcase my updates and new essays. My second concept (the big leap) was that my Substack was the second edition. Last came the realization that "publication" did not have to be seen as an endpoint but rather as a process of continuous improvement.
I have two Substacks now with enough source material to keep them going indefinitely. Both consist of several "sections." Both feature the mixed-genre longform essays that characterize my work, blending the personal with the historical.
MY SUBSTACK PUBLICATIONS
MY JERSEY SHORE TRILOGY
I was born during the darkest moments of World War II and then lived for my first thirteen years on the eastern coast of central New Jersey in the shadow of the Cold War. My father, who worked for the Army and later in private industry as a radar specialist, served as chief scientist on Project Diana, the first successful effort to bounce radio waves off the moon. (About My Jersey Shore Trilogy)
SECTIONS
1) MOONBOUNCE: Project Diana and the Birth of Radar Astronomy
2) MY JERSEY SHORE CHILDHOOD: Coming of Age in Postwar America
3) KING STODOLA: Try It, Test It, Make It Work
1) MOONBOUNCE: Project Diana and the Birth of Radar Astronomy
2) MY JERSEY SHORE CHILDHOOD: Coming of Age in Postwar America
3) KING STODOLA: Try It, Test It, Make It Work
THE KITCHEN DANCE:
COOKING WITH MY ANCESTORS
COOKING WITH MY ANCESTORS
The meme is that I can connect with my four grandparents via the food they prepared and ate: New World English (300 years of English survival in North America), Old Country English (a taste of Victorian England), French Canadian, and Ashkenazi Jewish. (About The Kitchen Dance)
SECTIONS
1) AT DAISY'S TABLE: My Maternal Grandmother, Daisy Ward
2) DISHES FIT FOR A KING: My Paternal Grandmmother, Beatrice King
3) RESCUING MY DAHART HERITAGE: My Maternal Grandfather, John Dahart
4) RESCUING MY STODOLA HERITAGE: My Paternal Grandfather, Edwin Stodola
1) AT DAISY'S TABLE: My Maternal Grandmother, Daisy Ward
2) DISHES FIT FOR A KING: My Paternal Grandmmother, Beatrice King
3) RESCUING MY DAHART HERITAGE: My Maternal Grandfather, John Dahart
4) RESCUING MY STODOLA HERITAGE: My Paternal Grandfather, Edwin Stodola